About the Authors

José Raul Sandoval

Affiliations Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru

Daniela R. Lacerda

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Marilza S. A. Jota

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Alberto Salazar-Granara

Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru

Pedro Paulo R. Vieira

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Oscar Acosta

Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru

Cinthia Cuellar

Affiliation Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia

Susana Revollo

Affiliation Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia

Ricardo Fujita

Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru

Fabrício R. Santos

fsantos@icb.ufmg.br

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

The Genographic Project Consortium

Membership of The Genographic Project Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments

Competing Interests

The authors, including all authors from universities, institutes, and private companies declare that they followed all ethical guidelines and there is no financial conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of this manuscript. The participation of authors of private companies like IBM does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS RF FRS. Performed the experiments: JRS DRL MSJ. Analyzed the data: JRS DRL RF FRS. Wrote the paper: JRS FRS. Collected the samples: JRS ASG OA RF PPV SR CC FRS. Reviewed and approved the final version of this manuscript: JRS RF FRS DRL MSJ ASG OA PPV CC SR.